Mitigating Extreme Lawlessness and Threats Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2000 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2000 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for rioting. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 10, 2025 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for rioting. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mitigating Extreme Lawlessness and Threats Act''. SEC. 2. RIOTS. Section 2101 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), in the flush text following paragraph (4), by striking ``subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D)'' and all that follows and inserting ``paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).''; (2) by redesignating sub…